KUWAIT: Minister of Health Dr Ahmad Al-Awadhi has instructed public medical facilities, namely hospitals, to prepare for hosting and treating injured Palestinians, the ministry of health announced on Friday. The ministry said in a statement that the minister had given the instructions in line with Kuwait’s unwavering support for the Palestinian cause and in accordance with guidelines by the political leadership and recommendations made by the National Assembly during a session held on Nov 1 to discuss the Zionist breaches in the Gaza Strip.
The ministry of health will coordinate with other concerned public departments to organize the reception of the injured Palestinians and prepare for their transfer to Kuwait. It lauded some private health institutions that decided to receive and treat some of the injured Palestinians expected to be brought to Kuwait.
Meanwhile, Suad Al-Imam, Kuwait TV correspondent in the Gaza Strip, survived Thursday the Zionist occupation forces’ bombardment, which targeted a house near Kuwait Hospital in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip. Speaking in a statement to KUNA, Imam said that she and her accompanying crew survived while they were standing in front of the hospital. She noted that the bombing, which was violent, destroyed the house and resulted in killing six residents and wounding 25 others.
She elaborated that some fragment and stones fell down on her and the crew while they were covering the arrival of medical aid provided by Kuwait. Imam has been working as a Kuwait TV and Radio correspondent for 20 years, and she covers field and news events in the Strip on a daily basis. More than 60 journalists have been martyred and dozens others wounded since the start of the Zionist occupation forces’ aggression, in addition to the destruction of dozens of houses and offices of reporters in all Palestinian governorates. – KUNA